Chapter 8. Upgrading Berkeley DB 4.1 applications to Berkeley DB 4.2

Table of Contents

Introduction

Java

Queue access method

DB_CHKSUM_SHA1

DB_CLIENT

DB->del

DB->set_cache_priority

DB->verify

DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED

Replication

Replication initialization

Database methods and replication clients

DB_ENV->rep_process_message()

Client replication environments

Tcl API

Upgrade Requirements

Berkeley DB 4.2.52 Change Log

Database or Log File On-Disk Format Changes:

New Features:

Database Environment Changes:

Concurrent Data Store Changes:

General Access Method Changes:

Btree Access Method Changes:

Hash Access Method Changes:

Queue Access Method Changes:

Recno Access Method Changes:

C++-specific API Changes:

Java-specific API Changes:

Tcl-specific API Changes:

RPC-specific Client/Server Changes:

Replication Changes:

XA Resource Manager Changes:

Locking Subsystem Changes:

Logging Subsystem Changes:

Memory Pool Subsystem Changes:

Transaction Subsystem Changes:

Utility Changes:

Configuration, Documentation, Portability and Build Changes:

Introduction

The following pages describe how to upgrade applications coded against the Berkeley DB 4.1 release interfaces to the Berkeley DB 4.2 release interfaces. This information does not describe how to upgrade Berkeley DB 1.85 release applications.